Matt Compton

White House Profile

Matt Compton

Deputy Director of Online Content for the Office of Digital Strategy

Matt Compton joined the White House in October of 2011 and currently serves as the Deputy Director of Online Content. Prior to this role, he was the Director of New Media Campaigns for the Democratic National Committee. Earlier, he worked as the Communications Director for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee and as an editor for the Progressive Policy Institute.

A native of North Carolina, he's a 2005 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Matt Compton's Posts

West Wing Week: 5/25/2012 or "We Are Not Meant to Walk This Road Alone"

May 25, 2012 at 1:30 PM EDT

Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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ToDo List

President Obama Talks Clean Energy in Iowa

May 24, 2012 at 8:21 PM EDT

President Obama travels to Newton, Iowa to push for the renewal of a tax credit for companies that produce clean energy.

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Inside the White House

President Obama Touts a New American Century to Air Force Grads

May 23, 2012 at 4:04 PM EDT

President Obama delivers the commencement address to 1,000 graduates of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Additional Issues

Number of the Day: 82 years

May 22, 2012 at 3:22 PM EDT

In the year since the storm, more than 126,800 individuals put in some 755,300 hours of community service in the Joplin area

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Additional Issues

President Obama Returns to Joplin

May 21, 2012 at 11:58 PM EDT

Speaking to the first group of students to graduate from Joplin High School since a tornado ripped through the Missouri city, President Obama praises the resilience of its community.

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Additional Issues

Joplin: Remember, Rejoice, Rebuild

May 21, 2012 at 7:27 PM EDT

To mark the anniversary of the Joplin tornado, we've put together a piece featuring interviews with those who've witnessed and contributed to the city's remarkable recovery, photos from the effort to rebuild, and video from President Obama's visit to Joplin.

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Defense

Watch Live from the NATO Summit in Chicago

May 20, 2012 at 8:00 AM EDT

Leaders from the 28 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will gather in Chicago for a summit aimed at discussing international security, and you can watch live.

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Financial Reform

Weekly Address: Congress Must Move Forward, Not Back On Wall Street Reform

May 19, 2012 at 5:30 AM EDT

President Obama discusses the reforms to Wall Street that he put in place to protect consumers and make Wall Street play by the same set of rules -- and calls on lawmakers to finish implementing these reforms so that we can prevent excessive risk-taking and help create an economy that is built to last.

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Foreign Policy

Watch the G8 Summit Live This Weekend from Camp David

May 18, 2012 at 11:37 AM EDT

The leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Russia join President Obama at Camp David, and you can watch live.

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ToDo List

President Obama Visits Taylor Gourmet

May 16, 2012 at 1:29 PM EDT

President Obama stops by a Taylor Gourmet restaurant in Washington, DC to talk about how his To-Do List for Congress would help small business owners.

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